Ghost Stories

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Ghost Stories

Released Apr 20, 2018

1h 37m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.

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Critics Consensus

Ghost Stories offers a well-crafted, skillfully told horror anthology that cleverly toys with genre tropes while adding a few devilishly frightful twists.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

A real layer cake, this horror lark from British TV guys Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman.

Mar 5, 2020

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

It's a letdown to find that there's nothing at the bottom of a box of tricks which in themselves are not as clever as they could have been.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 29, 2018

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David Stratton

The Australian

This is a low-tech affair, and all the more interesting for it. You never know quite where it's going, but it doesn't let up for a moment.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 26, 2018

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

The over-caffeinated and desensitized segment of genre fans might call it boring, while the veterans who remember effective minimalism will be squeezed by the twisted nerve leading to solid suspense.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 14, 2024

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Benedict Seal

Vague Visages

Ghost Stories is refreshingly old-fashioned in its embrace of classical horror techniques. Ultimately, Nyman and Dyson’s film is so full-bloodedly cinematic that it leaves one wondering how on earth they captured this on the stage.

Dec 5, 2023

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

It definitely molds itself some way completely different and gives a great, great payoff.

Rated: 7/10

Apr 9, 2021

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Lisa D

It's an excellent, well put together British film. Pretty *****y scary in parts. It has a great cast, with great scenery and moves along at a perfect pace. Can't say too much otherwise "spoilers" .... but pay attention. Fab story well acted. There is some humour which I appreciated, particularly the boy in the car in the woods - made us literally laugh out loud. Watched with my son 2 days ago and we're still talking about it. The ending of any film splits an audience in half. This one for me, although at first I was a bit disappointed I've mulled it over and it's actually pretty satisfying. Going over it I'm not sure how it could have ended better tbh...and it explains events which happen through the film and theres a sad morality to it. There's two films it reminds me of but I don't want to say in case it spoils the viewing for some....one involves a tornado and one is generally shown at Christmas. Sit back - or on the edge of your seat - and give it a go. We found it really enjoyable. 😉

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/10/24

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Aidan B

An extremely enjoyable and oftentimes frightening experience, "Ghost Stories" makes up for a lackluster ending by having enjoyable horror moments throughout. Jump scares became a bit excessive, though, and I thought that the movie fell into many typical horror tropes, as well as landed on a bit of a flat note for me. Still, the first 3/4 of the movie were extremely interesting and were definitely worth the watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/06/24

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Craig B

Ghost Stories is a mostly entertaining horror movie. Essentially an anthology made up of short horror stories of varying quality with an overarching premise, with none of the stories being subpar. Good performances all round, with some very creepy moments. Well worth watching for fans of more 'understated' horror.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/15/24

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Horror fan 4

Great movie. Loved the stories and direction. The characters were outstanding especially the lead actor. Plenty of jump scares that got me Everytime.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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William

Great film. Someone said there were a lot of homages to Kubrick, Steven King's Creepshow and early horror movies. I agree. The scene in Priddle's house has a bar scene that's shot like the Shining. Anyway. I enjoyed it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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John D

An enjoyable British horror anthology of 3 tales connected by a psychic debunker challenged to solve three inexplicable cases with an M. Knight-style twist ending.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Synopsis

Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.

Director: Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman
Producer: Claire Jones, Robin Gutch
Screenwriter: Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman
Distributor: IFC Midnight
Production Co: IFC Films, Warp Films, Lionsgate, Altitude Film Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 20, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 17, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $132.9K
Runtime: 1h 37m

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